The Man who Changed the World: The Lives of Mikhail S. GorbachevThe human story of an inner struggle, a struggle that is the culmination of the series of lives Gorbachev has led throughout his career. Presents the first full-scale portrait of this unique figure. |
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... gave me another entrée , and so it went . Ultimately , I was able to interview all six of Gorbachev's closest friends from his university days . Usually Russians and Americans get on quickly and well . At first , I was constantly ...
... gave me another entrée , and so it went . Ultimately , I was able to interview all six of Gorbachev's closest friends from his university days . Usually Russians and Americans get on quickly and well . At first , I was constantly ...
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... gave Gorbachev's generation its nickname : the Shestdesyatniki , or Sixtiers . For Gorbachev , there was also a personal catharsis of the family shame he had carried secretly since 1937 , although it still was not possible for him to ...
... gave Gorbachev's generation its nickname : the Shestdesyatniki , or Sixtiers . For Gorbachev , there was also a personal catharsis of the family shame he had carried secretly since 1937 , although it still was not possible for him to ...
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... gave Gorbachev only a fleeting chance to formulate his image of what the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics should look like domestically in the twenty - first century , what kind of new economic deal and common ideology could bind so ...
... gave Gorbachev only a fleeting chance to formulate his image of what the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics should look like domestically in the twenty - first century , what kind of new economic deal and common ideology could bind so ...
Contents
COUNTRY COSSACK | 27 |
FIRSTGENERATION | 57 |
Working for the Party Thought Police | 63 |
Copyright | |
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